The International Agri-Center in Tulare, California was recently visited by government officials in an attempt to raise awareness of the threat, impact and response needs in the face of potential terrorist attacks on the agricultural sector.Read More »

A report released by the Washington-based Center for Public Integrity and the Center for Investigative Reporting, based in Berkeley, California, includes an interactive map to detail the use of homeland security readiness in all 50 states.Read More »

Universal Detection Technology has responded to a recent Harvard School of Public Health poll that found 39 percent of Americans facing a significant anthrax threat would delay taking prophylactic antibiotics.Read More »

Lawmakers were briefed last week by a government biosecurity expert on the next generation "lab-in-a-box," which would be used by the Department of Homeland Security to detect, identify and aid in response to bioterrorism attacks.Read More »

India has deployed approximately 100 personnel from its National Disaster Response Force to guard the National Stadium against probable biological, chemical or nuclear disasters as it hots the hockey World Cup.Read More »

The U.S. Army has placed a purchase order with Universal Detection Technology for its 5-agent detection kits as well as for equipment for the detection of ricin and staphylococcal enterotoxin B.Read More »

Georgia's Gilmer County faced an anthrax scare for the second straight day on Wednesday, when an envelope containing a suspicious white powder was found at Gilmer County High School in Ellijay, Georgia.Read More »